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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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Topic: Walmart

Walmart’s usual victims in America become its new friends in India

Small stores or kiranas will be Walmart’s unlikely allies in its latest attempt to take on Amazon & Reliance in India.

In poll-bound India, Modi’s politics is hurting Bezos, helping Ambani

Modi’s pitch to give local traders space in e-retail is curbing US retail giants such as Amazon who have committed billions of dollars.

Amazon, Flipkart hit by Modi govt’s refusal to extend deadline for new e-commerce rules

Amazon, Flipkart have amassed vast inventories and had sought a four- to six-month extension to help offload those products.

Mukesh Ambani outlines plan to take on Amazon in India

Jio currently has 280 million subscribers, while Ambani’s retail arm operates nearly 10,000 outlets.

Modi govt crackdown on Amazon, Flipkart to hurt online shoppers

The new rules could be a blow for Amazon & Flipkart, which are attempting to crack India’s consumer market & capture its growth potential.

The rock n’ roll loving leader of Goldman Sachs India on merger rush in the country

A confluence of factors helped India draw more inbound investments than China for only the second time in a decade.

Flipkart CEO Binny Bansal quits after allegations of serious personal misconduct: Walmart

Walmart said that Bansal resigned as the CEO of Flipkart Group after an independent investigation into the allegations.

24-year-old founder of Oyo Hotels raises $1 billion to expand overseas business

Oyo has expanded beyond India into China, Malaysia, Nepal and Britain in the last 2 years.

After nearly a decade, Reliance’s shares surge with the launch of Jio

Shares have gone up by 135% and Reliance now stands first in the 30-stock index.

It’s Mukesh Ambani who could become Amazon’s biggest rival in India

Walmart's acquisition of Flipkart might have given the impression that the battle for India would be an all-American contest, but the fight isn't that simple - or easy. 

On Camera

The court is not Rahul Gandhi’s uncle. Its job is to protect rights, not preach

Which humanitarian crisis should be prioritised, which words are ‘simple’ enough to avoid hurt feelings, or who is a ‘true Indian’, are not questions warranting court input.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.